as in fatness
the condition of having an excess of body fat
obesity has been linked to a number of health risks, such as heart disease
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Recent Examples of obesity
The order highlights that obesity, chronic diseases, and poor nutrition are at crisis levels, especially among children.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 5 Aug. 2025
Negative health effects of obesity are well documented by scientists and heavily covered in the media.
—Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 5 Aug. 2025
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes and obesity continues to increase in youth across the country, hence the need for improved intervention.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
The researchers induced obesity in rats by feeding them a high-fat diet and then measured EEC levels via chromogranin A (CHGA), a marker for EECs, and levels of transcription factors that guide stem cells to become EECs.
—New Atlas, 3 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for obesity
Brittney Melton, NPR, 5 Aug. 2025
Negative health effects of obesity are well documented by scientists and heavily covered in the media.
—Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 5 Aug. 2025
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes and obesity continues to increase in youth across the country, hence the need for improved intervention.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
The researchers induced obesity in rats by feeding them a high-fat diet and then measured EEC levels via chromogranin A (CHGA), a marker for EECs, and levels of transcription factors that guide stem cells to become EECs.
—New Atlas, 3 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obesity
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Pecoraro says anything with dipping is a win for kids; and these singles offer a balanced snack with fiber, protein, and healthy fats.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
19 Aug. 2025
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Muscle gain requires both strength training and an adequate intake of calories, protein, carbohydrates, and fat.—
Barbie Cervoni,
Verywell Health,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Importantly, the relative weight of individual versus relationship factors was different in parent–child relationships compared to marital relationships.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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The weight of evidence indicates that Emery’s side, in defiance of their ongoing challenges, will not collapse completely because of an inherent robustness.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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Whimsy was also the domain of the Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose signature was a race of voluptuously bloated figures — denizens, from priests to bullfighters, of an almost cartoonish world that, to him, had to do not with corpulence but with the sensuality of human life.—
William McDonald,
New York Times,
28 Dec. 2023
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His thick musculature having bloated into unhealthy corpulence, Maradona was hospitalized in Buenos Aires in April 2004 with what doctors described as a weakened heart and acute breathing problems.—
Jeré Longman,
New York Times,
25 Nov. 2020
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“Obesity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obesity. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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